In the Heart of the Sea
Subtitle: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: May 4, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780670891573
Subjects: United States - 19th Century; Ships & Shipbuilding - Shipwrecks; Shipwrecks; History; History - General History; History: American; Maritime History; History / Modern / 19th Century; Essex (Whaleship); Pacific Ocean
First sentence: IT WAS, HE LATER REMEMBERED, "the most pleasing moment of my life"-the moment he stepped aboard the whaleship Essex for the first time.